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May 06, 2022 Book of the Week — Un Viaje en Zeppelin

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"It's a terrific crash, ladies and gentlemen. The smoke and the flames now and the frame is crashing to the ground, not quite to the mooring mast. Oh, the humanity...

Sep 29, 2021 BANNED! — All Quiet on the Western Front

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“But now, for the first time, I see you are a man like me. I thought of your hand-grenades, of your bayonet, of your rifle; now I see your wife and your face and our fellowship. Forgive me, comrade. We always see it too late....

Jun 30, 2020 Book of the week — Georgii agricolae…de re metallica libri xii…

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"There are many arts and sciences of which a miner should not be ignorant. First there is Philosophy, that he may discern the origin, cause, and nature of subterranean things; for then he will be able to dig out the veins easily and advantageously, and...

Feb 10, 2020 Rare Books Recommends Two Types for U

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“When it comes to typefaces I do not need variety. As a child all cars were Volkswagens and everybody smoked Gauloise. I didn’t object to that either.” – Lars Müller Rare Books provided images to two newly released books on type. Die Schrift Unserer Zeit: Eine historische...

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Nov 15, 2019 Book of the week — Tychonis Brahe Mathim: eminent: Dani Opera omnia, sive Astronomiae instavratae progymnasta…

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"On the 11th day of November in the evening after sunset, I was contemplating the stars in a clear sky. I noticed that a new and unusual star, surpassing the other stars in brilliancy, was shining almost directly above my head; and since I had,...

Sep 13, 2019 We Recommend — Frank Lloyd Wright’s $10,000 Home: History, Design, and Restoration of the Bach House

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Aug 19, 2019 Book of the Week — Algebrae comendiosa facili’sqve describptio, qua depromuntur magna Arithmetices miracula

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"Concise Algebra easily described, which brings forth the great wonders of arithmetic" "[R]omance is a reaction from the algebra" -- Booth Tarkington Algebrae compendiosa facilisqve descriptio, qua depromuntur magna Arithmetices miracula Johann Scheubel (1494-1570) Parisiis: Apud Gulielmum Cauellat, 1551 First edition DR507 V54 1530 Johann Scheubel was born in Kirchheim unter Teck,...

Aug 05, 2019 Book of the Week: Vaclav Steyer’s Postilla

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“In the beginning was the Word…” John 1:1 Postilla Matej Vaclav Steyer Prague, 1691 xBS2348 C8 S74 The word postil or postilla is an abbreviated term for a marginal note or Biblical commentary. Derived from the Medieval Latin phrase,“post illa verba textus” (after these words), postils were intended to provide clarification...

May 02, 2019 We recommend — Shakespeare’s Representation of Weather, Climate and Environment: The Early Modern ‘Fated Sky’

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May 29, 2018 Stop and Smell the Flowers

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“But I must gather knots of flowers and buds, and garlands gay; For I’m to be Queen o’ the May, mother, I’m to be Queen o’ the May.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson, “The May Queen”...

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